Improvement in carriage-top props



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Letters .Patent No. 71,228, elated November 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TOP PROPS.

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KNOW ALL TQ WHOM'THESE PRESENTS SHALLCOME:

Thot I, ANSON SEARLS, of the city vand count)T of- Sun Francisco, Stute of California; have made :t new and. useful Improvement in Carriage-Props, which I cull the Engle-Top Prop, of which the following, together with the accornpnnyingdruwings, is n full nndclcar description. 'i I' v- My invention lrelutes to und consists in attaching' the topprop to the bow by means of a, elawlclomp or pair of clamps, that forms part of the same, und combines with nndjacts with-in a. tubular joint-bur standard. Through this combination passes a. screw-capped bolt, that engages with the cln\\icln1np,--or part ot' clamp serews through the same, pressing the joint-bur on to the clump, and' screwing into the bow, holding ull rmly together i'or the purposes designed. The notion und purposes of this invention ,ure to attach o top-prop to the bow by ineens of :L clump; also to secure the joint-s Ato the saune without any dungorol their becoming' detached by the loss of nut or otherwise. This propmuy be attached to the hows by the use of one or two glows or e lomps,.in either case acted upon bythe lscrew-bolt; the single ehtw clamping,l to the bow by the combination ol' the tubular joint-hair standard, und the screw-bolt fnessing:,|l the bow'on its flut sideinstcnrl of its edges, as with u'double cluw.

, Description.

Figure 1 represents the tubular joint-bor standard B, head of screw C, and olnws A. Figure 2 is sectional `view of the some. Figure 3 is an isometrical view of thc claws A. sepa-rated, und bolt C that posses through the sltnndnrd 1l, @nd screws through n. part of the claw and into the bar"D. v

Figure 4 san isometrioal view of thejoint-lmr standard B, that attaches to the stem ot' the elows A, holding themvrmly clasped to the bow when noted upon by the screw C, or its equivalents.

Figure 5 is a view of the singleiclnw A, joint-bar standard B, and bow D, and screw C.

Figure 6 is a. sectional view of tho some.

Claim. I claim-- 1. The tubular `joint-ber standard B.

2. 'The clamp or claw, or equivalent. I A i 3. The screw-bolt Cthat posses through the joint-bur standard B, und a port of the clump, nholding thorn irmlytogethor and in position. v

4. The combination of the joint-bar standard B with the clump in combination with tho screw C, for the purposes substantially es described.

Sig-verl by methis 17th day of June 1867.

ANSON SEARLS. Wltn esses:

J. ATKINSON, ALMARIN B. PAUL. 

